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PROROGUE

To direct suspension ot proceedings of parliament; to terminate a session. … [Read more...] about PROROGUE

PROPRIETATE PROBANDA

The name of a writ. See De proprietate probanda. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETATE PROBANDA

In the civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be "proscribed" when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death. Cod. 9, 49. … [Read more...] about PROSCRIBED

PROPRIETATE PROBANDA, DE.

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A writ addressed to a sheriff to try by an Inquest In whom certain property, previous to distress, subsisted. Finch, Law, 316. Proprietates erbornm servanda) sunt. The proprieties of words [proper meanings of words] are to be preserved or adhered to. Jenk. Cent. p. 136, case 78. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETATE PROBANDA, DE.

PROSECUTE

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The act of a local prosecutor, such as a state District Attorney, Attorney General or federal United States Attorney, bringing and managing a criminal case against a defendant. To follow up; to carry on an action or other judicial proceeding; to proceed against a person criminally. … [Read more...] about PROSECUTE

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